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, June 2006, Germany]]
Mats Gustafsson (born 1964 in Umeå ) is a Swedish Saxophone player and a stalwart on the Scandinavia n Free Jazz scene.

He first came to the attention of lovers of Improvised Music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986) and the band Gush (started in 1988 ). He has later played widely with musicians such as Peter Brötzmann , Joe McPhee , Paul Lovens , Barry Guy and Derek Bailey .

Since the early 1990s, Mats Gustafsson has been a regular visitor to the U.S. , forming a particular affinity with Chicago musicians such as Hamid Drake , Michael Zerang and Ken Vandermark and recording for the city's OkkaDisk Label .

In addition to projects with musicians, Mats Gustafsson has worked extensively with artists from the worlds of dance, theatre, poetry and painting.


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  • T. Millroth: “Aaly Trio,” Orkester journalen, lvi/4 (1988), 11 .

  • M. Chaloin: “Mats Gustafsson,” Improjazz, no.19 (1995), 6.

  • W. Montgomery: “Mats Gustafsson: Flow Motion,” Wire, no.164 (1997), 18.

  • J. Hale: “Mats Gustafsson,” Coda, no.288 (1999), 17.

  • http://www.mic.stim.se/engelsk/11/facts/gustafssonm.html (1999)

  • http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/mgustafs.html (1999) discography .

  • http://www.restructures.net/ (2000) [J. Guthartz: discography and index of compositions.